D2L - Create a Discussion Forum & Topic
Last Updated: 08/15/2017
Back to: D2L - Discussions
- Layout:
- One Column
- Two Column
This tutorial is operating system independent.
Overview
The following documentation will demonstrate the process of creating a discussion forum and topic for a course in Desire2Learn.
Step 1
Log into your course and from the Communication drop-down menu, click on Discussions.
Step 2
From the New drop-down menu, select New Forum.
Step 3
Under the New Forum section:
- Enter a Title
- Enter a Description
- Select any additional Options you wish to enable. Click any of the Get help on icons (question mark icons) to learn more about each option.
Step 4
Choose if you would like to have the forum to be available during a certain time period or locked during a certain time period
Step 5
Click Save and Add Topic.
Step 6
Under the New Topic Details section:
- Enter a Title
- Enter a Description
- Choose if you would like to Allow anonymous messages
- Choose if you would like to Messages must be approved before being displayed
- Choose if you would like to force students to start a thread before they can read and reply to other threads in each topic.
- Under Ratings, select what type of rating system you would like
- Five Star Rating Scheme allows the class to give posts a rating from one to five stars
- Up Vote/Down Vote Rating Scheme allows the class to vote posts up and down, giving each post a cumulative score
- Up Vote Only Rating Scheme allows the class to only vote posts up as a way to show agreement or approval
Step 7
Under the Restrictions tab choose if you would like to attach Release Conditions.
Step 8
Under the Assessment tab, you can choose to activate grading for this Topic. To learn more, visit the Grade a Discussion tutorial.
Step 9
When finished setting your discussion settings click Save and Close.